PBDB Collection

Trout Cave Entrance (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Pendleton County, West Virginia (38.7° N, 79.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 38.9° N, 78.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: B. Kurten and E. Anderson. 1980. Pleistocene mammals of North America 1-442 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 20554: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• nearby New Trout Cave is probably entirely Wisconsinan: Holman and Grady 1987
this list is INCOMPLETE, definitely missing at 14 least species

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Mammalia
Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae	Ochotona sp. Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika described by Guilday 1979
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Glaucomys volans, Sciurus sp., Marmota monax, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Glaucomys volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Synaptomys cooperi, Atopomys texensis¹, Ondatra annectens, Microtus chrotorrhinus, Phenacomys sp., Clethrionomys gapperi, Peromyscus cumberlandensis, Neofiber leonardi, Neotoma floridana Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming Atopomys texensis¹ Patton 1965 rodent Ondatra annectens Brown 1908 muskrat Microtus chrotorrhinus Miller 1894 rock vole Phenacomys sp. Merriam 1889 vole Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole Peromyscus cumberlandensis Guilday and Handley 1967 deer mouse Neofiber leonardi Hibbard 1943 rodent Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Rodentia - Erethizontidae	Erethizon dorsatum¹ Erethizon dorsatum¹ Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine
Rodentia - Geomyidae	Thomomys potomacensis Thomomys potomacensis Gidley and Gazin 1933 pocket gopher
Rodentia - Castoridae	Castor canadensis Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver
Carnivora - Felidae	Lynx rufus Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursus americanus Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Blarina brevicauda², Sorex arcticus Blarina brevicauda² Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew Sorex arcticus Kerr 1792 arctic shrew
Soricomorpha - Talpidae	Condylura cristata, Parascalops breweri Condylura cristata Linnaeus 1758 star-nosed mole Parascalops breweri Bachman 1842 hairly-tailed vole
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Pipistrellus subflavus, Eptesicus fuscus, Plecotus sp. Pipistrellus subflavus Cuvier 1832 eastern pipistrelle bat a bat Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 big brown bat a bat Plecotus sp. Geoffroy 1818 vesper bat a bat

¹Alroy 2002; ²Jones et al. 1984